This is a schedule of upcoming off-Broadway shows, organized by opening date. To view all off-Broadway shows, upcoming and currently running, check out our off-Broadway listings page.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
• Irish Repertory Theatre
• First Preview: December 3, 2025
• Opening: December 7, 2025
• Playwright: Anthony E. Palermo
• Director: Charlotte Moore
• Cast: Rufus Collins, Ali Ewoldt, Reed Lancaster, Leenya Rideout, Ashley Robinson
Step back in time to radio station WIRT on Christmas Eve, 1946, where Frank Capra’s holiday classic It’s A Wonderful Life comes thrillingly to life before your eyes—and ears! Irish Rep’s celebrated production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play reimagines the beloved film as a live radio broadcast filled with nostalgic songs, vintage commercials, and delightful handmade sound effects.
ANNA CHRISTIE
• St. Ann's Warehouse
• First Preview: November 25, 2025
• Opening: December 11, 2025
• Playwright: Eugene O'Neill
• Director: Thomas Kail
• Cast: Michelle Williams, Tom Sturridge, Brian d'Arcy James, Mare Winningham, Jordan Barbour, Joe Carroll, Anthony Chatmon II, Timothy Hughes, Noah Plomgren
A weary former prostitute seeks out her estranged sea captain father, hoping to find forgiveness from him, while hiding her past from a stoker she loves in Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
TARTUFFE
• New York Theatre Workshop
• First Preview: November 28, 2025
• Opening: December 16, 2025
• Writers: Molière (playwright), Lucas Hnath (adaptation)
• Director: Sarah Benson
• Cast: Matthew Broderick, David Cross, Emily Davis, Bianca Del Rio, Amber Gray, Ryan J. Haddad, Francis Jue, Lisa Kron, Ikechukwu Ufomadu
Tony Award nominee Lucas Hnath and Obie Award winner Sarah Benson conspire to bring us a razor-sharp reinvention of Molière’s iconoclastic comedy in a mad-dash production full of ferocious wit, outrageous design, and downright buffoonery.
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
• Lincoln Center Theater/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
• First Preview: December 16, 2025
• Opening: December 18, 2025
• Writer: Gian Carlo Menotti (libretto)
• Director: Kenny Leon
• Cast: Joyce DiDonato, Albert Rhodes Jr., Phillip Boykin, Bernard Holcomb, Todd Thomas, Johnathan McCullough
In the desert lands of the first century, a young boy catches the sight of a giant star. Later that evening, as his mother prays for the family’s future, they are visited by three mysterious kings on a journey to visit a newborn child. This is the tale of how a simple gift can become a miracle that transforms the world.
PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
• Greenwich House Theater
• First Preview: December 16, 2025
• Opening: December 18, 2025
• Book and Lyrics: Hilary Bell
• Music: Greta Gertler Gold
• Director: Portia Krieger
• Cast: Tatianna Córdoba, Erin Davie, Reese Sebastian Diaz, Sarah Ellis, Carly Rose Gendell, Gillian Han, Alexandra Humphreys, Bradley Lewis, Kate Louissant, Marina Pires, Maddie Robert, Brandon Keith Rogers, Lizzy Tucker, Kaye Tuckerman, Sarah Walsh, Jordan White
First brought to global recognition through Peter Weir's iconic film, this musical adaptation powerfully reimagines the story through a female lens. On Valentine’s Day in 1900, a group of teenage schoolgirls go on a picnic to the forbidding Hanging Rock. Three vanish without a trace.
THE DISAPPEAR
• Audible's Minetta Lane Theatre
• First Preview: January 8, 2026
• Opening: January 15, 2026
• Playwright: Erica Schmidt
• Director: Erica Schmidt
• Cast: Dylan Baker, Madeline Brewer, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Hamish Linklater, Anna Mirodin, Miriam Silverman
Power couple Benjamin Braxton and Mira Blair see their picture-perfect life go gloriously off script—taking their friends, flings, and daughter along for the ride. Written by Erica Schmidt, The Disappear peels back the curtain on fame, ambition, marriage and reinvention in a smoldering comedy about how keeping it together sometimes means letting it all go.
DATA
• Lucille Lortel Theatre
• First Preview: January 9, 2026
• Opening: January 25, 2026
• Playwright: Matthew Libby
• Director: Tyne Rafaeli
• Cast: Karan Barr, Brandon Flynn, Sophia Lillis, Justin H. Min
When a brilliant young programmer learns his own algorithm is the key to a massive AI surveillance project, he’s forced to challenge the tech world he once dreamt of joining. Confronting today's most controversial headlines, this subversive thriller follows the terrifying choices at our fingertips—and the high cost of disrupting a system that tracks your every move.
THE OTHER PLACE
• The Shed
• First Preview: January 30, 2026
• Opening: February 5, 2026
• Playwright: Alexander Zeldin
• Director: Alexander Zeldin
• Cast: Lee Braithwaite, Lorna Brown, Emma D’Arcy, Jerry Killick, Tobias Menzies, Ruby Stokes
On the anniversary of the death of their father, two sisters reunite at the family home after a period of estrangement. Their uncle is attempting a fresh start, but one of the sisters threatens to shatter this peace, demanding justice for the pain she carries. Guilt, grief, and greed battle it out as the family goes to war over dreams of their future, and visions of their past.
11 TO MIDNIGHT
• Orpheum Theatre
• First Preview: January 28, 2026
• Opening: February 11, 2026
• Creators: Austin & Marideth Telenko, Josh & Lyndsay Aviner
• Director: Lyndsay Magid Aviner
• Cast: Austin Telenko, Marideth Telenko, Brendon Chan, Kati Simon, Ache Richardson, Makenzie Olsen, Tyson Hill
From viral creators Cost N’ Mayor and Hideaway Circus comes a new theatrical dance experience, 11 to Midnight. Seven friends—some old, some new, all tangled up in the messy magic of friendship—come together to toast the New Year. Whether it’s 1921 or 2025, the ritual remains the same—we make a wish, promise big, and hopefully score a midnight kiss.
THE UNKNOWN
• Studio Seaview
• First Preview: January 31, 2026
• Opening: February 12, 2026
• Playwright: David Cale
• Director: Leigh Silverman
• Cast: Sean Hayes
Desperate to cure his writer’s block, Elliott retreats to a remote cabin—only to discover he may not be alone. As the boundaries between his work and his life collapse, Elliott begins to question everything he knows. Is he writing a thriller? Living one? Both?
MOTHER RUSSIA
• The Pershing Square Signature Theatre Center/Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre
• First Preview: February 3, 2026
• Opening: February 24, 2026
• Playwright: Lauren Yee
• Director: Teddy Bergman
• Cast: Steven Boyer, Adam Chanler-Berat, Rebecca Naomi Jones, David Turner
St. Petersburg, 1992: the Soviet Union has collapsed, McDonald’s has risen, and Evgeny, a young man at a loss, stumbles into a job working surveillance with his old friend Dmitri. Their target: Katya, a former pop singer with questionable allegiances and a mysterious past. As their lives riotously intertwine, Evgeny finds himself falling in love and losing his bearings, all while grappling with the taste of freedom (and fast food) along the way.
THE RESERVOIR
• Atlantic Theater Company/Linda Gross Theater
• First Preview: February 5, 2026
• Opening: February 24, 2026
• Playwright: Jake Brasch
• Director: Shelley Butler
• Cast: Caroline Aaron, Heidi Armbruster, Noah Galvin, Peter Maloney, Mary Beth Peil, Matthew Saldivar, Chip Zien
Josh’s life is a mess. He’s moved home to Denver to get sober, but after years of drinking, the fog in his brain won’t lift. Struggling with memory loss, confusion, and shame he finds himself strangely in step with his four aging grandparents. The Reservoir is a funny, human play about memory, recovery, and the joys of cross-generational connection.
MEAT SUIT, OR THE SHITSHOW OF MOTHERHOOD
• Second Stage Theater at Pershing Square Center/Irene Diamond Stage
• First Preview: February 11, 2026
• Opening: February 25, 2026
• Playwright: Aya Ogawa
• Director: Aya Ogawa
• Cast: TBA
Meat Suit is a gloriously genre-defying theatrical carnival that plunges audiences into the raw, hilarious chaos of being a mom. Performed by mothers for mothers, or those who love mothers, or simply those who have mothers, this play blends bouffon-inspired physicality, sharp satire, original songs, and total absurdity.
CHINESE REPUBLICANS
• Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre
• First Preview: February 5, 2026
• Opening: February 26, 2026
• Playwright: Alex Lin
• Director: Chay Yew
• Cast: TBA
Three high-powered businesswomen meet for lunch every month to discuss their latest career triumphs, as they’ve done for decades. But the group is jolted when Katie, a bright-eyed 24-year-old new to the workforce, joins to navigate the world of corporate finance. As each of the women attempts to steer Katie towards what they’re certain is best, they’re forced to grapple with how much they already have and are willing to sacrifice to climb the corporate ladder.
WHAT WE DID BEFORE OUR MOTH DAYS
• Greenwich House Theater
• First Preview: February 4, 2026
• Opening: March 5, 2026
• Playwright: Wallace Shawn
• Director: André Gregory
• Cast: Hope Davis, Maria Dizzia, John Early, Josh Hamilton
Set in an urban world of intelligent and somewhat gentle middle-class people, a father, mother, son, and the long-time mistress of the father tell the intimate story of their lives. Wallace Shawn, a student of morality whose plays have brought us frank truths about politics and sexuality, here takes on the subject of love — suffocating and freeing — and the kaleidoscopic journeys we make through remorse, sorrow, resentment, and joy.
COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE
• MCC Theater/Newman Mills Theater
• First Preview: February 21, 2026
• Opening: March 10, 2026
• Writer: Ro Reddick (book, music, and lyrics)
• Director: Knud Adams
• Cast: Alana Raquel Bowers, Will Cobbs, Crystal Finn, Andy Lucien, Lizan Mitchell, Suzzy Roche, Nina Ross, Ellen Winter
A young girl is embroiled in intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill wife home for the holidays. A fugue of Reaganomics, espionage, roller disco, and cults—underscored by the cryptic Syracuse, NY chapter of the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus.
MY JOY IS HEAVY
• New York Theatre Workshop
• First Preview: February 25, 2026
• Opening: March 17, 2026
• Writers: The Bengsons (book, music, and lyrics)
• Director: Rachel Chavkin
• Cast: Shaun Bengson, Abigail Bengson
My Joy is Heavy is a deeply personal portrait of a young family yearning for connection amidst the loss of a pregnancy in rural isolation. Surrounded by snow and wrapped in loneliness, they uncover the unexpected joys and humor that can emerge in the wake of loss.
